COURSE UNIT TITLE

: SOCIOLOGY OF SPACE

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
PLN 5091 SOCIOLOGY OF SPACE ELECTIVE 2 0 0 4

Offered By

Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR HAYAT ZENGIN ÇELIK

Offered to

M.Sc. City and Regional Planning
City and Regional Planning (Non-Thesis)
City and Regional Planning
Urban Design
M.Sc. Urban Design
City and Regional Planning

Course Objective


The aim of the course is to define the basic characteristics and differences of the social structures before and after the industrial revolution; One of the most effective tools on which these different structures develop is the description of the urban structure. Within the scope of the course, which will be explained by readings of society, socialization, political and cultural stance starting from space, the spatial and social structures that have changed with globalization will be focused and the relationship between space, society and identity will be discussed.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   will be able to define sociological point of view,
2   will be able to describe classical and modern social theories
3   will be abel to explain the society, socialization, political and cultural
4   will be abel to released to query the spatial and social changes in the context
5   will be abel to discuss the relationship between space, society and identity

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Defining sociological point of view, overview to theories of sociology
2 critical approaches to classical social theories
3 Examination of modern social theories and different views of sociology schools on the phenomenon of urban and society
4 Examination of the effects of socialization processes in models of rational society Homework topics will be handed out in this week
5 Describe, the dominant determinant on the accumulation of space, production processes, editing styles which represents the unfolding scheme on modern societies
6 Theoretical frameworks that define the phenomenon of urban and urbanization and ve overview of the new conceptualizations of social sciences, shaped by changes in the last period
7 Scheme for the spatial representation schema of social groups and classes and examine the processes of change
8 Changing the subject's re-structured and structured as a field in the cities and urban structures, institutions and processes will be discussed
9 Identity and changes in terms of social and spatial processes
10 Changing social relations and restructuring of urban networks of relations
11 Evaluation of the relationship between strategic expansions of the identity and urban spaces
12 overall evaluation of planning with required to look at the unfolding of sociological understandings
13 Homework/Submission/Presentation Students will be required to submit their homeworks and present their studies briefly to each other in this week.
14 Homework/Submission/Presentation

Recomended or Required Reading

-Benko, G. 'Modernity, Postmodernity and Social Sciences', in Benko, G., U.
- Frisby, D., Cityscapes of Modernity, Polity 2001
- Lefebvre, H. The Production of Space, Blackwell 1991
- Lash, S., Urry, J. Economies of Signs and Space, Sage 1994
- Sennett, R. The Conscience of the Eye, W.W. Norton & Company, 1992
- Shelds, R. Places on the Margin, Poutledge, 1991
- Soja, W. E. Postmodern Geographies, Verso, 1989
- Strohmayer (ed.) Space and Social Theory, Blackwell, 1997
- Tekeli, I. Mekansal ve Toplumsal Olanın Bilgibilimi Yazıları, Tarih Vakfı Yurt
Yayınları, 2010
Sosyolojik Düşünmek, Ayrıntı Kitabevi, Ankara, 1998
- Bayart, J.F. Kimlik Yanılsaması, (çev. Mehmet Moralı), Metis yayınları, 1996
-Habermas, J. Kamusallığın Yapısal Dönüşümü, (çev.Tanıl Bora, Mithat Sancar), Iletişim
Yayınları, 1997
-Morley, D.& Robins, K., Kimlik Mekanları, Ayrıntı Yayınları,
-Taylor, C., Çokkültürcülük, Yapı Kredi Kayınları, ( Der.Amy Gutman),1996
- Harvey, D., Kent Deneyimi, Sel Yayınları , 2020

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

The course will be taught face-to-face and in the classroom environment through presentations. Students will learn by listening to the lecture presentations. In addition, participation in the course will be provided with an interactive environment in the form of discussion and question-answer. Students will be given homework topics in the 4th week and they will be asked to prepare an assignment on the given topic.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 PRS PRESENTATION
2 ASG ASSIGNMENT
3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE PRS * 0.50 + ASG * 0.50


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Defining, Describing, explaining will be measured by Midterm Examination, sorgulayabilme examine and discuss will be measured by Final Examination(will be received as homework)

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

This course will be given through lectures and discussions over reading list.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

hayat.zengin@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

wednesday: 13.00- 14.00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 10 2 20
Tutorials 2 2 4
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 10 3 30
Preparation for final exam 1 8 8
Preparing homework 1 30 30
Preparing presentations 1 6 6
Final 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 100

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13
LO.11
LO.21
LO.3
LO.411
LO.5

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